Database Van Broekhoven » Hendricus van Balkom (1911-2003)

Day of marriage November 12, 1947

• The temperature on November 12, 1947 was between 11.6 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 16.7 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
  • March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
  • April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
  • June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
  • October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
  • October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.

Day of death August 3, 2003

• The temperature on August 3, 2003 was between 12.3 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • April 7 » U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
  • July 1 » Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
  • November 12 » Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
  • November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
  • November 22 » England defeats Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, becoming the first side from the Northern Hemisphere to win the tournament.
  • December 14 » Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2000 » Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (b. 1921)
• 2001 » Christopher Hewett, English actor and director (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954)
• 2004 » Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (b. 1908)
• 2005 » Françoise d'Eaubonne, French author and poet (b. 1920)
• 2006 » Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1945)